산업화의 진전과 자연 훼손: 생태적 사유의 태동
Industrial Growth and Environmental Destruction: Dawning of Ecological Thinking
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The period of industrial growth in American history from the Age of Jackson (1828-1836) to the Gilded Age (1865-1900) can be marked as one of the most significant stages in the development of the American view of nature. This period saw more widespread environmental destruction as a consequence of accelerating industrialization. It is worth noting that an ecological thinking also arose in an attempt to cope with the destruction of nature. Literary works of Henry David Thoreau witness the dawning of ecological thinking in response to industrial growth and environmental destruction. In particular, Walden, obviously his masterpiece, vividly portrays the process of self-relinquishment and shifting away from homopocentricism. Thoreau’s vision of the co-extension of the human body with the inanimate earth is also offered in this work. Of greater significance, however, may be the moral reform and temperance advocated by Thoreau: self-awakening and self-restraint are crucial for human being to have access to Nature in the face of increasingly powerful technology and industry. Thoreau’s ecological thinking and practice can be interpreted as a part of the response of the American Mind to the industrial development and environmental destruction. This interpretation can be substantiated by the fact that Thoreau has been regarded as a key point of reference in numerous kinds of ecological and environmental discourses.
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The period of industrial growth in American history from the Age of Jackson (1828-1836) to the Gilded Age (1865-1900) can be marked as one of the most significant stages in the development of the American view of nature. This period saw more widespread environmental destruction as a consequence of accelerating industrialization. It is worth noting that an ecological thinking also arose in an attempt to cope with the destruction of nature. Literary works of Henry David Thoreau witness the dawning of ecological thinking in response to industrial growth and environmental destruction. In particular, Walden, obviously his masterpiece, vividly portrays the process of self-relinquishment and shifting away from homopocentricism. Thoreau’s vision of the co-extension of the human body with the inanimate earth is also offered in this work. Of greater significance, however, may be the moral reform and temperance advocated by Thoreau: self-awakening and self-restraint are crucial for human being to have access to Nature in the face of increasingly powerful technology and industry. Thoreau’s ecological thinking and practice can be interpreted as a part of the response of the American Mind to the industrial development and environmental destruction. This interpretation can be substantiated by the fact that Thoreau has been regarded as a key point of reference in numerous kinds of ecological and environmental discourses.
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